passwords

[Mark Ovens]

On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 09:39:53AM -0400, Simon Cleal wrote:
> I've just installed FreeBSD 3.2 and the password I selected don't work.
> Is this a re-install or is there a work around. cAps lOcK was oFf.
> 
> Any help for a newbee will be greatly accepted!!
> 

Reboot, and when you see the spinning bar in the top left of the
screen hit the space bar. You'll get a boot prompt. type
``boot -s'' and hit RETRUN:

boot: boot -s

You'll get to a prompt to enter the path for a shell. Just hit
RETURN and you'll get a ``#'' prompt. Type ``mount -a -t ufs'',
then ``/usr/sbin/vipw''. This will launch vi(1) with the password
file loaded.  Find the entry and delete the (encrypted) password.
Don't delete the ``:'' separators!!.

This is the username
vvvv
mark:pgyf.CrnGmwr6:1001:1000::0:0:Mark Ovens:/usr/marko:/bin/csh
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the encrypted password.

mark::1001:1000::0:0:Mark Ovens:/usr/marko:/bin/csh

This is with no password.

Exit vipw(1) and then type ``exit'' at the ``#'' prompt and the
boot will continue to multi-user.

HTH

> Simon
> 
> 
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